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Install suspended ceilings under supervision

Level / 2
Credits / 5

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to: set out for suspended ceilings and install suspended ceilings under supervision; and clean up after work is completed.

Subfield / Construction Trades
Domain / Specialist Interiors
Status / Registered
Status date / 19 May 2006
Date version published / 25 January 2008
Planned review date / 31 December 2011
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0048

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

1Definitions

Specifications refer to documented specifications and may include any of the following: drawings, project or job requirements, manufacturers’ specifications, recommendations or instructions, material specifications.

Work site practices refer to the practices generally acknowledged by the industry as being acceptable when no specific work site is relevant or available and refers to the documented procedures specific to a work site which set out the standard and required practices of that work site.

Plant is used as in the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 to mean: appliances, equipment, fittings, furniture, implements, machines, machinery, tools, vehicles, plus parts, controls, and anything connected to such plant.

2Credit for this unit standard can be achieved on site through a registered assessor, or in a simulated environment with an accredited training provider.

3Environments suitable for assessment against this unit standard include but are not limited to industrial, commercial and multi-storey; a minimum of one environment is required.

4All work practices must comply with the following:

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;

Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;

Resource Management Act 1991;

Building Act 2004;

Approved Code of Practice for the Safe Erection and Use of Scaffolding (Department of Labour, Wellington, 1995) available at

AS/NZS 2785:2000 Suspended ceilings – Design and installation, available at Standards New Zealand

New ZealandBuilding Code.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Set out for suspended ceilings under supervision.

Performance criteria

1.1Type of ceiling is identified from manufacturer’s drawings and specifications.

1.2Work site measurements are confirmed in accordance with work site practice.

1.3Materials are accepted and stored to ensure specified quality is maintained, in accordance with work site practice.

1.4Heights and grids are set out in accordance with working drawings and work site practice.

1.5All operations are completed without damage to the work site, tools, or plant.

Element 2

Install suspended ceilings under supervision.

Performance criteria

2.1Access is arranged and complies with the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.

2.2Suspension systems are erected to line and level to conform to drawings.

2.3Ceiling lining panels and sheets are fixed in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.

2.4Ceiling lining panels and sheets are trimmed for edges as detailed on drawings.

2.5Completed ceiling conforms to specifications.

2.6All operations are completed without damage to the work site, tools, or plant.

Element 3

Clean up after work is completed.

Performance criteria

3.1Tools and plant are maintained, cleaned, and stored in accordance with work site practice.

3.2Waste material is disposed of and workplace is cleaned in accordance with work site practice.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

Comments on this unit standard

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018